Bursa Malaysia ends higher at mid-day amid firmer crude oil prices - The Star
The index opened 3.01 points higher at 1,714.38 but swung between 1,709.05 and 1,716.10 during the morning session. Turnover reached 1.74 billion shares worth RM948.91 million, according to midday trading data. Decliners led gainers 510 to 319, with 574 cou…
Source: The Star · July 23, 2026 at 3:00 PM · AI-assisted report
MALAYSIA, 23 JULY 2026 —
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The index opened 3.01 points higher at 1,714.38 but swung between 1,709.05 and 1,716.10 during the morning session. Turnover reached 1.74 billion shares worth RM948.91 million, according to midday trading data. Decliners led gainers 510 to 319, with 574 counters unchanged, 1,349 untraded and 23 suspended.
Market Impact
Regional markets were mixed: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 1.34% to 25,227.06, Japan’s Nikkei 225 added 0.67% to 66,561.28 and South Korea’s KOSPI jumped 3.87% to 7,060.94, while Singapore’s Straits Times Index fell 0.63% to 5,508.99.
Heavyweight stocks were broadly flat. Maybank lost six sen to RM10.88, Public Bank added one sen to RM5.16, Tenaga Nasional gained 12 sen to RM14.40, CIMB Group rose four sen to RM7.70 and IHH Healthcare was unchanged at RM8.33.
By sector, the Energy Index rose 1.45 points to 775.86, while the Financial Services Index slipped 5.50 points to 20,207.11 and the Plantation Index fell 73.70 points to 9,247.54. The Industrial Products and Services Index edged down 0.04 point to 188.32.
Broader indices declined: the FBM Emas Index lost 5.88 points to 12,650.08, the FBM Top 100 Index fell 6.93 points to 12,473.03, the FBM Emas Shariah Index gave up 13.17 points to 12,484.52, the FBM ACE Index eased 13.23 points to 4,947.79 and the FBM Mid 70 Index retreated 43.94 points to 17,912.87.
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